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Where Does The Last Name Towensend Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Towensend is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Towensend.

How Common Is The Last Name Towensend? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 3,665,662^nd most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Towensend live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 13,940,728. In The United States Towensend is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 19 percent live, Michigan, where 15 percent live and Tennessee, where 15 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent live and Jamaica, where 3 percent live.

Towensend Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Towensend has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Towensend last name decreased 24 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Towensend Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Towensend surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.5% registered with the political party.

Towensend earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.36% less than the national average, earning $32,638 USD per year.